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It contrasts the original vision of teacher-led, community-rooted schools with today’s reality, where many charters are run by charter management organizations, including for-profit operators. 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The grand bargain was clear: more freedom from regulations and bureaucracy in exchange for heightened accountability.  \nCharter schools were not meant to compete with districts, but to complement them. They would pilot new approaches, share what worked, and remain rooted in the voices of parents and teachers—the people closest to students.  \nIn Decline, the first part of our three-part report, Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment, and Cost, we documented how charter  \nIntroduction  \nThe Original Vision  \nThe Promise of Innovation  \nCharter Authorization  \nGovernance by Charter Boards  \nConclusion and Recommendations  \nschool growth has stalled, with openings barely keeping pace with closures. One in four charter schools closes before its fifth year of operation, a trend likely to continue as new charter schools compete with existing schools fora declining student population. We argued that it is time to strengthen the schools we already have, rather than continuing topour increasing federal funds into creating new ones.  \nThis second part of this comprehensive report, Disillusionment, explores the deeper question of why support for charter schools has declined by contrasting the movement’s original aspirations with the reality of what charter schools have become today.  \nP. 1  \nP. 3  \nP. 6  \nP. 16  \nP. 23  \nP. 28  \nIt delves into the recurring Figure 1: Charter School Increases by Years scandals and exposes how lax and Federal Charter Spending 1  \nCHARTER SCHOOL RECKONING: DECLINE PAGE 1  \ncharter laws enable mismanagement, profiteering, and fraud.  \nScandals and closures have tarnished the charter brand resulting in mounting public disillusionment with charter schools—even among progressive policymakers who once embraced the idea. The 2025 Kappan poll illustrates this dramatic shift: in 2013, nearly seven in ten Americans (68%) supported charter and lab schools. By 2025, support had plummeted to just 46%—a 22-point drop during a period when general support for school choice has reached record highs.  \nThis second part of our report concludes by outlining the legislative and policy reforms necessary to bring charter schools back to the vision of accountability, equity, and public purpose that animated their creation.  \nThe National Center for Charter School Accountability is a project of the Network for Public Education, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and improving public education.  \nCHARTER SCHOOL RECKONING: DECLINE PAGE 2  \nPART I: THE ORIGINAL VISION  \nAspiration: Charter schools will be teacher-led schools, rooted in community needs, where parents have a real voice.  \nReality: About half of all charter schools are run by charter management organizations—some are for-profit corporations; others are nonprofit. All are disconnected from families and communities.  \nThe original vision for charter schools is a far cry from the sprawling, market-driven sector we see today. Early advocates imagined small, teacher-led schools within the public system—incubators for innovative teaching  \nmethods, fresh curricula, and flexible structures. Their purpose was not to compete with public schools, but to collaborate with them, sharing successful practices to improve the entire public schooling system. Charters would have more freedom than district schools, but if they were not effective or had outlived their usefulness as incubators of innovation, their charters could be revoked.  \nThat vision didn’t last. Within just a few years, the model began to shift  \n—dramatically. In 1995, two years after Michigan passed its charter law,  \nmulti-millionaire businessman J.C. Huizenga, son of the founder of the  \nfor-profit garbage colle","cbCaieNORS5AimOM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieNORS5AimOM","pdf",3359136,35,"English","# Introduction\n## The Original Vision\n## The Promise of Innovation\n## Charter Authorization\n## Governance by Charter Boards\n## Conclusion and Recommendations","[{\"question\":\"What problem does Charter School Reckoning: Decline identify?\",\"answer\":\"It documents that charter school growth has stalled, with openings barely keeping pace with closures, and a significant share of charters closing before their fifth year.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report contrast the original vision with current charter school reality?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that the original idea emphasized teacher-led schools rooted in community needs and genuine parent voice, while today about half of charters are run by charter management organizations that are often disconnected from families and communities.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the report say about the causes behind the decline in support for charter schools?\",\"answer\":\"It points to scandals and closures that tarnished the charter brand, enabled by lax charter laws that allow mismanagement, profiteering, and fraud.\"}]","Charter School Reckoning - Decline, Disillusionment, and Cost | PDF",1792057234,88]